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Aria lives in the maidenhouse, as she has all her life. She dresses modestly, reads morality stories, and prays to Lady Mariya, Protectress of Women. When she flowers, she will be married off to a man she's never met (not that she's ever met one in her life) and live in Loving Union with him, tending to his every need with grace and gentleness.

And of course, if she doesn't want to be married, she can go to the altar as sacrifice. It would be an honorable choice to make, even more honorable than being the perfect wife.

But lately, Aria has been plagued with nightmares. Nightmares of being torn apart from within, in a dreadful perversion of Loving Union.

Her three best friends, Nimuë, Mati, and Anu, don't trust the maidenhouse system. Could Aria's dreams be prophetic? 

But even if they are, what can four little girls possibly do?

***WARNING: Will contain violence and scenes of assault, some mature in nature. Plus some straight-up mature content, or at least as close as I ever get :P Also, I will probably snark at mainstream religion a lot, as I often do. Long story short, think before you read.All Rights Reserved

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Destined To Be Together (Completed) ✔ by LonelyPrincess239

"You are hurting yourself." I gasped while my eyes wide open listening to a deep and husky voice. I found a man sitting in front of me with frowns on his head. He kept gazing me for like a minute and then again opened his mouth. "Why are you getting scared? I'm also a human just like you." He said rolling his eyes and I looked down while taking deep breaths. "I should be honest with you, right?" I frowned hearing him but didn't dare to look up at him. "At least nod your head if you don't want to talk." I heard him and nodded my head lightly. "I was not ready for this marriage and I was informed about my Nikah in the morning. So, please don't expect me to act like the ideal husband which you girls dream about. I may not match your expectations." I looked up hearing him and chuckled inwardly. So again I was forced into someone's life. I wonder how this life would be. Azalia Qureshi. A 25 years old beautiful practicing Muslimah living with her parents who doesn't care for her. A girl who has seen a lot in her life. She has to look after her sister who is very sweet and kind. But her life take turns when she was informed about her Nikah without even asking her. Azil Ahmad. A 26 years old man who is still struggling in his life. A practicing Muslim who knows how to respect women. Alhamdulillah. His mother is after him for the marriage which he tries to avoid the most every time. But fate changes his life when he gets to know about his Nikah even when he was not ready. Two beautiful and sweet souls who are struggling in their lives. The souls who get forced to marry each other. Let's see what their fate is holding for them. Started: 23rd December, 2021 Completed: 4th March, 2022

So Speaks the Ruinous Light || To Herald a Dawn Book 1 by jordynsaelor

[Queer rage as a form of reckoning] [dark one destined to destroy the world] *** As a healer in the Obsidian Castle, One follows a voice into the forest, speaking from the mist. It tells him he's the Destroyer, straight out of prophecy, and that he's not a Night Warrior like the other residents of the castle. Eight years later, One's doing a great job hiding that his magic works like no one else's in the Obsidian Castle. But Perseverance, a Night Warrior who believes One needs redirection to find "proper" romance, makes One's life miserable from sundown to sunup. So One's plan to get Perseverance out of his life is to date his daughter--until she discovers his light magic and turns on him, making him flee into the woods. One has many reasons to despise Perseverance. So when he meets Michael, an expert at light magic, it's really not a question of "if" One will embrace this prophetic Destroyer role and enact vengeance--it's a matter of One having no clue how to control his magic, or take on a castle full of Night Warriors by himself. But with Michael, he's not alone. And with their combined magic, One could summon the dawn itself to carry out revenge. (cover by CBMokedi!)

Allure Of The Witch by Aina_Goyal

"I...I have been nothing but trouble for you. Leave me to the same place from where you brought me." A tear rolled down her eye as she whispered in a low voice laden with despair. At that moment, he had walked to her, held her face, wiped her tears which he never liked to see. His intense blue eyes had forced her to hold his gaze. "Trouble..." He had smiled softly as he continued "Then you are the most beautiful trouble of my life and about leaving you...I gave you many chances Aria but you chose to stay. Now you are no longer permitted to do that." -------------- In the forests of Ulrik, there lived a witch. Secluded from everything till now, Aria had grown up to be a beautiful eighteen year old witch. But this witch has never interacted with a human being. So what happens when one day this witch suddenly finds a wounded knight in her region? Aria knows how to treat wounds but with no knowledge of interaction with a human being, how should she behave with this man? The problem would have solved on its own if the knight would leave after getting treated but what Aria didn't know that the knight was there for her only. Rayan needs a witch to save his people. On his journey to find this witch, he has encountered uncountable obstacles. So when he finally found the witch, his problems should be counted as solved. But when the witch is too beautiful to be called a witch and carries the innocence he had never come across, Rayan realises that his problems have increased. Together they travel to save the people of Ludwig, carrying their own secrets in their hearts but how long could the secrets stay hidden? As the enemy rises more powerfully and with their secrets threatening to come out, would they stand together or would everything be swept away? Only the time could answer these questions....

SasuSaku: Gods and Monsters by sasukeforsakura

Sakura is a young woman who has a normal life but she starts to have some strange dreams. Besides, she is not aware but at night she has some unwelcome visits and after all that she meets a handsome and mysterious man who will change her life forever. DISCLAIMER: Maybe or maybe not i am a little influenced by Neil Gaiman's Sandman, but i am trying to stay true to the Ovid's Morpheus. But for me Neil's dark Sandman is how i see Sasuke's Morpheus. But the rest of the story is all mine. Plus the cover of Sasuke Shinden novel made me do it. It gives me such Sandman vibes, but in this illustration Sasuke is younger. In my story and my mind is adult Sasuke. TRIGGER WARNINGS: First of all i want you all to check the tags that i tried to put because i want to make clear that this story will have some brush strokes of Dark Romance, so there won't be very healthy behaviour from Sasuke towards Sakura (at some points). I am new writting this kind of stories so maybe is not very DARKDARK. Also, i want to make clear that there is no rape and non-concent sex, but it is mentioned and insinuated, but there is no rape. Only mentioned and attempt to. Also will be descriptions of torture eventually, PTSD and suicide. Reader discretion is advised.

It Wasn't Love ✔️ by depressedn0nce

"Fuck." He whispers into my neck, sending a thrill of excitement through my body. His lips still smothered kisses over my neck and his hands roamed my body, starting at my chest, going down to my stomach. Caressing my soft skin, his thumb trailed circles on my groin before slightly slipping into the waistband of my jeans. My breath catches in my throat as I pull at the hoodie that covered his chiselled body. Understanding, Jacob pulls it off in one swift movement before attaching his lips back on my neck. Sucking and biting it before flicking his tongue over the sore spot. A quiet moan leaves my mouth and I clasp my hand over it, denying any noise to escape. "You drive me fucking crazy, Aria." ---------------------------- Aria Bailey finds it hard to fit in. Her parents are always busy and never have time for her. She lives alone at her family home and has top grades in all of her classes. But being a 17 year old friendless nerd comes with its disadvantages. The bullying gets worse every single day, driving her to self harm and suicidal thoughts. Aria learns more about popular boy, Jacob Rickson and starts developing feelings for the well known 18 year old. Jacob helps her come out of her shell and learn to be more comfortable and confident. Aria has to make a tough decision by choosing if she would rather be with Jacob and be bullied by her mind for eternity, or to leave and be left alone, exactly how she wants to be. -Strangers to lovers -Right person, wrong time

Bound To Love (Book II Of 'Destined To Be Together') (Completed) ✔ by LonelyPrincess239

"You said they were saying no one will marry you, right? How about you show them you have a husband now.There is someone to accept you for your life. How about you prove them wrong?" I said who looked at me hearing me and I sighed when I found her eyes filled with tears. "Let the society fail this time. It always win messing up with our minds. How about you win this time?" I said while she was just looking at me. "If you don't want then I don't have any problem. But just remember what you were going to do some time before and for what reason. You would have lost this game if you would have done it. May be fate is giving you a chance to turn the table around." I smiled at her who closed her eyes then nodded her head. "You are right. I should change the main character of this game. This society was leading my life game till now. Let me become the lead now." Her words made me smile. She has chosen very unique words though. Azlaan Ahmed Khan. 25 years man handling his family business. Have seen manu things from his childhood and have a bad past. His world revolves around his mother and sister who has been his only support from the very childhood. Has never thought about marriage until that 'one' day. Anfa Qureshi. 24 years old girl still pursuing her studies. Her family is her sister who was forced to leave contact with her and she has been a body without its sould from that day. She just know that she has to work hard to find back her sister. But everything gets ruin because that 'one' day. Join the journey of two new love parrots who are too much engrossed in their lives to think about each other. Join the journey to find what happen on this 'one' day. Are their 'one' day same or both of them are different... Let's see after joining this journey of love...

Issues Of The Heart by EmberBluee2

"Father? " she calls in a cranky tone "What is really the meaning of these documents? ". He scoffs and sips his coffee less concerned " What does it look like? " he snaps "It's an arranged marriage obviously". He continues reading his newspapers and a tear drops down her face. " Father why are you doing this to me? " she whimpers "Why do you badly want to punish me? ". She chokes back the tears that were threatening to pour out " Because you've refused to grow and change!" he rasps "You have just decided to kill me before my time. You have already done enough and i'm quite fed up". He closes his newspaper and leans closer to her. " You are going to show up on your wedding day and marry the man i have chosen for you. Don't make things harder than it already is". He sprang up and storms out, she fell to the floor sobbing in unbearable pain. *Helena, a perhaps spoilt, wealthy young woman with the face and body. Of course she's every mans' dream but she rather sees men as a toy to be used and tossed aside. Actually she prefers the opposite, she doesn't want to fall victim of a situation where a man will use her and dump her like they are termed to always do. "So, literally she has no care in the world. But now the table has rotated and she's in for a forever game. Apparently, the above argument shows that her father signed an arranged marriage with a man she has never met and un-fortunately, there's no turning back........... Read More.......

The Mafias Revenge by shywritergirl97

It's about a girl who's been given to a trusted member of the mafia to protect her since she is a valuable asset. But then she learns the truth from the mafia member and decided to make her own for revenge cause her father was taken as hostage when she was little and so she plots revenge. What she didn't expect was to fall in love with her rivals son who she ends up working with to get revenge. But before that she shows attitude towards him since she wasn't sure if she could trust him and so her guards up but he manages to make her fall in love with him. Will they survive? Will they put there attitudes for eachother aside? " I can't believe I fell in love you idiot" aria says looking into his eyes as he holds her hand close. He then smirks grabbing her hand and replys " me either now shut up and kiss me"

ORIGIN (#3, Gods Among Us) by MGHicks_reloaded

When Loki's consort and soulmate marries his rival to save their son from a curse, a prophecy leads to consequences even the God of Chaos couldn't predict. *** The Unseelie Goddess of War's revenge against Asgard's Dark Prince puts him in a no-win scenario with a choice between losing his soulmate or his son. Bad enough that damn Atlantean prince saved Shannon when Loki couldn't, but now Elatha is saving Loki's son by stealing his mate. Neither outcome will leave Shannon and Loki's relationship unchanged. While some of Shannon's Unseelie relatives have no issue with killing her son, others aren't so blase about the curse. Yet it's the prophecy at Shannon's birth that's brought Elatha and Shannon together in this arranged marriage. When betrayal strikes, it may be the key to saving not just her son, but Loki's soul as well. The prophecy hints at a chance to right a mistake that has haunted him, but it will require more soul-searching than Loki is comfortable with. Wait until he finds out he'll have to get along with his rival Elatha to achieve their goals. GODS AMONG US UNIVERSE: Triquetra Prophecy Trilogy (complete) Book 1: HIDDEN Book 2: TAKEN Book 3: ORIGIN The Valkyries Book 1: ENSNARED Short story 0.5: CHAINS THAT BIND (Complete in Monstrous Love Anthology) Book 2: ENTANGLED Book 3: ENTICED (ongoing) Awards: 1st - Amby Awards 2023

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Destined To Be Together (Completed) ✔ cover

So Speaks the Ruinous Light || To Herald a Dawn Book 1 cover

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It Wasn't Love ✔️ cover

Bound To Love (Book II Of 'Destined To Be Together') (Completed) ✔ cover

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ORIGIN (#3, Gods Among Us) cover

Destined To Be Together (Completed) ✔

"You are hurting yourself." I gasped while my eyes wide open listening to a deep and husky voice. I found a man sitting in front of me with frowns on his head. He kept gazing me for like a minute and then again opened his mouth. "Why are you getting scared? I'm also a human just like you." He said rolling his eyes and I looked down while taking deep breaths. "I should be honest with you, right?" I frowned hearing him but didn't dare to look up at him. "At least nod your head if you don't want to talk." I heard him and nodded my head lightly. "I was not ready for this marriage and I was informed about my Nikah in the morning. So, please don't expect me to act like the ideal husband which you girls dream about. I may not match your expectations." I looked up hearing him and chuckled inwardly. So again I was forced into someone's life. I wonder how this life would be. Azalia Qureshi. A 25 years old beautiful practicing Muslimah living with her parents who doesn't care for her. A girl who has seen a lot in her life. She has to look after her sister who is very sweet and kind. But her life take turns when she was informed about her Nikah without even asking her. Azil Ahmad. A 26 years old man who is still struggling in his life. A practicing Muslim who knows how to respect women. Alhamdulillah. His mother is after him for the marriage which he tries to avoid the most every time. But fate changes his life when he gets to know about his Nikah even when he was not ready. Two beautiful and sweet souls who are struggling in their lives. The souls who get forced to marry each other. Let's see what their fate is holding for them. Started: 23rd December, 2021 Completed: 4th March, 2022